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But like much of the country, health officials say vaccine holdouts are causing a spike here with the highly transmissible delta variant. and that has led to widespread frustration among those who have gotten their shots. there are people who have been flaunting not being vaccinated or not wanting to be vaccinated in los angeles and southern california more generally and extremely frustrating. michael said he had been cautious during the whole pandemic. in april he got the johnson & johnson vaccine but two weeks ago, he and at least three friends came down with the virus after attending a crowded maskless concert which became a super spreader event. we were thinking i got vaccinated, i can go everywhere without a mask. things are fine. it was kind of our first big, you know, social outing since we all had been vaccinated, first concert any of hus been to in a year and a half. and definitely at a point where we were all feeling like things were getting slightly more safe and nor ....
Unvaccinated cases. it recommends universal masking which goes well beyond current guidelines. and it also points out that the delta variant is more contagious than ebola, the spanish flu, smallpox and the common cold. it is as contagious as the chickenpox. this is a big deal. and so many people in this country have not been vaccinated at all. and it is an even bigger deal that the administration hasn t clearly communicated the urgent city of the situation or the science behind it. this internal document also calls for an overall of the administration s messaging to acknowledge that the war has changed. the white house now faces a daunting challenge. to convince vaccine holdouts that the jab still works. because it does. it prevents death and hospitalization, but it also needs to being a knowledge that they may have oversold the benefits when it comes to ditching the mask thanks to breakthrough infections and vaccinated asymptomatic people ....
I wonder i ll ask someone who agrees with me to supply quotes. it s like a mean girl spreading a rumor about another mean girl hitting on another mean girl s boyfriend just to start a fight in the cafeteria. they are mean girls in drag. they are framing covert it like a teamsters strike. in this case, the unvaccinated are the scabs. it s weird watching the people same make the same mistake over and over again while claiming they are trying to help, it s like my wife watching me load the dishwasher. they don t really want to help the vaccine holdouts, they enjoy the conflict too much. it makes perfect sense because all good theater starts with conflict and that s what tv news has become, good theater. how can intimidating people and insulting them persuade anyone, don t democrats call that bullying? you can t morally impugn shoplifters, looters, violent drug addicts who assault cops, transients or junkies, that would be so insensitive and yet ....
Different to different people. reporter: 36-year-old michael burns is angry, not because he contracted covid but how and why he got it. the los angeles youtube host lives in a state with one of the highest vaccination rates in the country. at least 75% of californians have had a single dose. but like much of the country, health officials say vaccine holdouts are causing a spike here with the highly transmissible delta variant. and that has led to widespread frustration among those who have gotten their shots. there are people who have been flaunting not being vaccinated or not wanting to be vaccinated in both los angeles and southern california, more generally. and it s extremely frustrating. reporter: michael says he d been cautious during the whole pandemic. in april he got the johnson & johnson vaccine. but two weeks ago he and at least three friends came down with the virus after attending a crowded maskless concert which became a superspreader event. i got vaccinated, i th ....
He was nervous, he s anxious. i can tell you he s not expected to survive, and i think all i can say to the public is you don t want to be in this situation. trust us, trust us, you don t want to be in the hospital saying, i regret not getting a vaccine. just do it. reporter: the highest case rates are in arkansas, louisiana, and florida. tonight, officials in miami are opening five new mobile vaccination and testing sites. as the virus roars back, fueled by the delta variant, the administration is weighing a change in cdc mask guidance for those who are fully vaccinated, and signaling a booster may be needed for the immunocompromised, after early data suggests protection from the pfizer vaccine may wane over time. those are the kind of individuals that if there s going to be a third booster, which might likely happen, would be among first, the vulnerable. reporter: with cases soaring, health experts still scrambling to get those vaccine holdouts that first shot. ....